Donacaula melinella

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Donacaula melinella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Crambidae
Genus: Donacaula
Species:
D. melinella
Binomial name
Donacaula melinella
Clemens, 1860
Synonyms
  • Chilo melinellusClemens, 1861
  • Schoenobius melinellus

Donacaula melinella is a moth in the family Crambidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1860. [1] It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Ontario, Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Texas and Virginia.

The length of the forewings is 21–34 mm. The forewings are pale yellow, irrorated (sprinkled) with brown. The hindwings of the males are yellowish white, turning yellowish grey toward the outer margin. The female hindwings are yellowish white throughout. [2] The main flight period is March to August, although adults have been recorded in most months. [3]

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References

  1. Nuss, M.; et al. (2003–2014). "GlobIZ search". Global Information System on Pyraloidea. Retrieved 2014-07-15.
  2. Martínez, Edda Lis (December 2010). A Revision of the New World Species of Donacaula Meyrick and a Phylogenetic Analysis of Related Schoenobiinae (Lepidoptera: Crambidae) (PDF) (PhD). UMI Dissertation Publishing. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 2, 2013.
  3. Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University.